Federico Kochlowski, the new president and CEO of Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, had a not-so-subtle message for workers as they headed to the polls this week to vote in a potentially historic union election. "[A]lthough I respect everyone's right to take a position on this matter, I prefer that we work on our future together without anyone else between us," he wrote. read more
In a new interview, [Robert F. Kennedy Jr.] running mate, Nicole Shanahan, seemed to acknowledge that those lofty ambitions may be a pipe dream, and that the duo is focused on simply trying to influence the major parties' agendas. read more
At least nine Republican lawmakers traveled to New York to appear in court alongside former President Trump Thursday, the latest in a string of GOP lawmakers to attend the hush money trial. read more
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a full pardon Thursday for a former U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder for fatally shooting an armed demonstrator in 2020 during nationwide protests against police violence and racial injustice. read more
Trump Media and Technology Group will miss a deadline to file a required Securities and Exchange Commission form, according to a Wednesday filing from the company ... read more
China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a "new era" of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States, which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon sowing chaos across the world. read more
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, argued that President Joe Biden should have pardoned Donald Trump after the Justice Department brought indictments against the former president and pressured New York prosecutors not to pursue Trump's ongoing hush money trial. read more
Wall Street's three major indexes notched record closes on Wednesday with the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX), and the Nasdaq (.IXIC), both advancing more than 1%, after a smaller-than-expected rise in consumer inflation bolstered investors' hopes for interest rate cuts by the Federal Reserve. All three indexes hit intraday record highs with technology stocks leading the charge. The blue-chip Dow (.DJI), drew closer to the 40,000 milestone. read more
Twenty-one barge workers have been forced to stay on the Dali, a container ship that struck Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge, for the past seven weeks as authorities investigate the accident. The FBI has confiscated the crews' mobile phones leaving them unable to contact loved ones, use online banking or pay bills due at home. read more
After agreeing to two debates with Biden, Donald Trump seems to be trying to set up an excuse to escape the whole thing. read more
Vice President Kamala Harris filed a required financial disclosure form that showed Beyonce Knowles-Carter gifted her concert tickets for the singer's Renaissance World Tour last summer. Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff were photographed at the concert in August. At the time, Harris posted a thank you to Beyonce on social media. read more
As Florida copes with rising seas and record temperatures, lawmakers are going to exceptional lengths to delete many mentions of climate change from state laws in a new bill that Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law on Wednesday, according to his official X account. read more
Two brothers, both in their 20s, have been indicted by Department of Justice prosecutors for allegedly attacking the Ethereum blockchain and stealing $25 million worth of cryptocurrency within approximately 12 seconds. The brothers had studied math and computer science at MIT, according to Reuters. read more
Jimmy Carter, 99, has been in hospice care for more than a year. He is the oldest living president in history. read more
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